Robert Downey Jr. is stepping back into the armor as Iron Man for a new Disney “Avengers” theme park project, marking one of the most notable revivals yet of a Marvel character whose on-screen farewell helped define the end of the studio’s first cinematic era.
Josh D’Amaro used his first address as CEO to Disney’s most devoted fans to promise a new era of storytelling across the company’s parks, resorts, cruise ships and consumer experiences, framing the next phase of Disney growth as one built less on isolated attractions and more on interconnected worlds.
Disney+ has opted not to move forward with a planned live-action “Power Rangers” series, halting the project before it reached production and putting another question mark over Hasbro’s ambitions to relaunch the long-running superhero brand for a new generation.
Marvel Studios is reportedly preparing to significantly reduce its live-action television output for Disney+ after VisionQuest, marking another major recalibration for the MCU as the studio continues moving away from the rapid-fire streaming strategy that defined its post-Endgame era.
Anne Hathaway gave Disney fans one of the night’s loudest moments Friday when she made a surprise appearance at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event and offered a long-awaited update on The Princess Diaries 3.
Disney brought its biggest brands back to Anaheim with a D23 presentation designed to remind fans, investors and rivals that the company’s franchise machine is still built to dominate theaters, streaming queues and theme park vacation planning for years to come.
Paramount Skydance said Friday that it has secured the final regulatory clearance needed to complete its proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, with approval from Mexico marking the last required sign-off in an eight-month global review.
Paramount Skydance Corp. said its proposed combination with Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. has cleared all required regulatory reviews, removing one of the biggest formal hurdles facing a transaction that would dramatically reshape the entertainment and media landscape.
Paramount Skydance said Friday that it has received all regulatory approvals required under its merger agreement to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, removing one of the most significant obstacles facing the proposed combination and bringing the entertainment industry closer to another sweeping consolidation of legacy media assets.
Warner Bros.’ The End of Oak Street got an early start at the domestic box office with $2.5 million in Thursday previews, a solid launch pad for director David Robert Mitchell’s dinosaur-driven sci-fi survival thriller as it enters a crowded late-summer marketplace.
Warner Bros. Discovery pulled a newly released behind-the-scenes featurette for DC Studios’ upcoming “Supergirl” from YouTube on Thursday, Aug. 13, only hours after it went live, following a rapid online backlash over images that appeared to show AI-generated concept art of Jason Momoa’s Lobo.
Netflix is preparing to close two more internal game studios, including Night School Studio, the acclaimed developer behind Oxenfree, according to a new report from Game File.
Disney+ is no longer proceeding with its planned live-action Power Rangers series, bringing an end to a reboot effort that had been quietly in development with 20th Television.
Paramount Skydance is prepared to consider selling CNN as it seeks to rescue its proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery from a state antitrust challenge, Chief Legal Officer Makan Delrahim said, according to Reuters.
Paramount Skydance has signaled that CNN could be sold as part of an effort to salvage its proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, an extraordinary concession that would place one of television’s best-known news brands at the center of a high-stakes antitrust fight.
Two of Hollywood’s most influential labor organizations are pressing California officials and studio leadership to resolve a legal fight tied to the proposed combination of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery, warning that a prolonged dispute could ripple across an already strained entertainment workforce.
Netflix is closing two of its in-house video game studios, Night School Studio and Moonloot Studio, marking a notable pullback in the streamer’s gaming ambitions just six weeks after Night School released its latest title.
Netflix is closing Night School Studio, the developer behind the recently launched horror game Unhinged, just six weeks after the title arrived on the service.
Camp Rock 3 will premiere Wednesday, Aug. 13, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Disney Channel, bringing the Jonas Brothers back to one of the defining Disney Channel franchises of the late-2000s and adding Demi Lovato to the reunion mix after the surprise reveal of the star’s return.
Sean “Diddy” Combs has opened a new front in his legal battle with Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones, countersuing the producer and accusing him of stealing video material that Combs says was created for an authorized project and later sold for use in Netflix’s documentary series Sean Combs: The Reckoning.
Warner Bros.’ path to a second Barbie movie has become far less straightforward than its $1.4 billion box office haul once suggested, with multiple reports indicating that the studio and the key creative team have not reached a deal to move forward on a sequel.